Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Turquoise Ridge (Getchell Underground; Hansen Creek Pit; Powder Hill; Bud Hill; A Zone; Shaft Zone; N Beds), Getchell Mine (North Pit; Center Pit; South Pit), Adam Peak, Potosi District, Osgood Mts, Humboldt Co., Nevada, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 104.5
Youngest recorded age at locality: 36.9

mindat Locality ID: 252075
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-252075.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Turquoise Ridge (Getchell Underground; Hansen Creek Pit; Powder Hill; Bud Hill; A Zone; Shaft Zone; N Beds), Getchell Mine (North Pit; Center Pit; South Pit), Adam Peak, Potosi District, Osgood Mts, Humboldt Co., Nevada, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 41°12'35"N
Longitude: 117°15'39"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.209722222222,-117.26083333333

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
	This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Fluorite	Galkhaite	Kaolinite	Marcasite	Mica
None	Orpiment	Pyrite	Quartz	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite

Arsenopyrite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galkhaite ()*	Getchellite ()*	Gold ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orpiment ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Realgar ()*	Scheelite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Al As Au C Ca Cs Cu F Fe H Hg K O S Sb Si W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Au C Ca Cs Cu F Fe H Hg K O S Sb Si W Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Fluorite Galkhaite Kaolinite Marcasite Mica
None Orpiment Pyrite Quartz Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Tetrahedrite

19 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	104.5	85.5	9052
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	104.5	85.5	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	104.5	85.5	27198
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	104.5	85.5	2600
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	104.5	85.5	9617
Galkhaite ()*	Galkhaite Tetrahedrite	(Hg₅Cu)CsAs₄S₁₂	104.5	85.5	13
Getchellite ()*	None	SbAsS₃	104.5	85.5	19
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	104.5	85.5	30554
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	104.5	85.5	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	104.5	85.5	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	104.5	85.5	5674
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	104.5	85.5	17380
Orpiment ()*	Orpiment	As₂S₃	104.5	85.5	511
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	104.5	85.5	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	104.5	85.5	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	104.5	85.5	712
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	104.5	85.5	4894
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	104.5	85.5	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	104.5	85.5	3418

5 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Sample Num	Age from other Locality	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID
Hg-00037	41.1	36.9		Rb-Sr		Yes	Aktashite	Hg	3905	Getchell Mine (North Pit; Center Pit; South Pit), Adam Peak, Potosi District, Osgood Mts, Humboldt Co., Nevada, USA	Tretbar et al. (2000)	10.1130/0091-7613(2000)28<947:DGDIAC>2.0.CO;2	G28_947
NAVDAT-117808	104.5	85.5	95±9.5		117808				252075	Turquoise Ridge (Getchell Underground; Hansen Creek Pit; Powder Hill; Bud Hill; A Zone; Shaft Zone; N Beds), Getchell Mine (North Pit; Center Pit; South Pit), Adam Peak, Potosi District, Osgood Mts, Humboldt Co., Nevada, USA	NAVDAT		NAVDAT
NAVDAT-117809	104.5	85.5	95±9.5		117809				252075	Turquoise Ridge (Getchell Underground; Hansen Creek Pit; Powder Hill; Bud Hill; A Zone; Shaft Zone; N Beds), Getchell Mine (North Pit; Center Pit; South Pit), Adam Peak, Potosi District, Osgood Mts, Humboldt Co., Nevada, USA	NAVDAT		NAVDAT
NAVDAT-117814	104.5	85.5	95±9.5		117814				252075	Turquoise Ridge (Getchell Underground; Hansen Creek Pit; Powder Hill; Bud Hill; A Zone; Shaft Zone; N Beds), Getchell Mine (North Pit; Center Pit; South Pit), Adam Peak, Potosi District, Osgood Mts, Humboldt Co., Nevada, USA	NAVDAT		NAVDAT
NAVDAT-118378	104.5	85.5	95±9.5		118378				252075	Turquoise Ridge (Getchell Underground; Hansen Creek Pit; Powder Hill; Bud Hill; A Zone; Shaft Zone; N Beds), Getchell Mine (North Pit; Center Pit; South Pit), Adam Peak, Potosi District, Osgood Mts, Humboldt Co., Nevada, USA	NAVDAT		NAVDAT

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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